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NSF-supported researchers map the genetic origins of "village" dogs on five continentsBy Marlene Cimons, National Science FoundationMost animal lovers can't resist bringing home the occasional stray dog. Imagine, then, having to fight this impulse every day, and on the other side of the world, all while trying to maintain some measure of scientific detachment.Ryan Boyko and his fellow researchers, who spent two years collecting blood samples from more than 1,200 stray dogs in dozens of...